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Patented Oct. l8, I898.

T n. H EGG. COMBINED MATCH SAFE AND CIGAR CLIPPER (Application filed Feb. 20, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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THOMAS O. I'IEGG, OF OSIIKOSII, WVISGONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 HARRY M. HAYS, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED MATCH-SAFE AND CIGAR-CLIPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,664, dated October 18, 1898.

' Application filed February 20, 1897. Serial No. 624,431. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS O. Hnee, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oshkosh, in the county of \Vinnebago and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Match-Safe and Cigar-Clipper; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference be in g had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in combined match-safes and cigar-clippers; and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a more certain means of delivering one match at a time and to prevent clogging in the delivery, and, second, to simplify the construction and eliminate all springs.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the box raised, and Fig. 2 a vertical. section showing the box lowered and manner of delivery.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in each View.

I am aware that combined m atclvboxes and cigar-cutters have before been made, but the match deliverer has been operated downwardly through the box by movement of the lever in cutting the cigar and the return to deliver the match has been actuated by a spring, usually the spring which raised the cutting-lever. The return of the match-deliverer has therefore been uncertain. If the lever should be released suddenly, the match would be thrown out of the box suddenly and roll upon the floor, and the separation. of a single match from the others in the box'ihas not been certain, there being a tendency to clog.

In my invention the match-deliverer is stationary and the box rises thereon when the lever is raised, being actuated thereby, and falls by its own gravity when the lever is re leased, leaving a single match in the depression at the top of the deliverer. A more thorough method of agitating the matches in the box and a surer means of separating and delivering one match is thereby afforded.

Reference to the drawings will show the manner of operating my invention,

A is the match-box, and a a sliding cover at the top, which may be removed in order to fill the box with matches. The bottom of the box is inclined toward the center, so that the matches will roll toward the center each time that the box is agitated. The box A is integral with the side plates A A, which surround the deliverer B. The side plates A A may be pinned together by the pins A" A or otherwise connected to surround the deliverer l3, and the deliverer constitutes a guide upon Which the box rises and falls. Then the box is down, the deliverer extends through the slot 0 in the top of the box and when in operation bears a single match reposing in the circular depression I) in the top. The matches 6 e e, &c.,' in the box roll down the inclined interior of the bottom of the box against the sides of the deliverer when the boxis down. i The box is raised by pressing downward upon the cigar-cuttin g lever F, the opposite curved end F bearing against the pin f, attached to the box. iVhen the lever F is sufficiently depressed, it strikes against the clippings-receiver G. The box A is then raised to theposition shown in Fig. '1, and the deliverer B is at the dotted position'BQ Fig. 2. A. single match then rolls into the depression b in the top, and when the cutting-lever F is released the box by its own gravity drops to cientlyagitated and rolled down the inclined bottom of the box, so as to always be in readimess to drop into the depression I) when the box is raised above it.

The clipper is an ordinary circular cuttingknife, operating as a shear against the inside edge of the circular opening I in the standard II. The end of the cigar is inserted in the opening I, and the part clipped oil from the clipper, the combination with a suitable base provided with a vertical stationary deliverer comprising a vertically-arranged wall having a groove or depression, of a match-receptacle vertically movable on the deliverer, a lever pivotally mounted exterior-1y of the said receptacle, and provided with a knife-edge for cutting the tips of cigars, means upon the said match-receptacle for engaging one end of the lever, and a support provided with an opening for the insertion of the tip of a cigar, and to which support the lever is pivoted, whereby the said receptacle is adapted to be raised for depositing a match upon the deliverer without igniting the match or causing it to be ejected forcibly from the receptacle, substantially as described.

2. In a combined match-box and cigar-tip clipper, the combination with a vertical stationary deliverer comprising a vertically-arranged wall having a groove or depression extending along the top of the same, of a match-receptacle vertically movable on the stationary deliverer, the deliverer dividing the matclrreceptacle, when the latter is in its lowered position, into two compartments, a lever pivotally mounted exteri'orly of the said receptacle, and provided with a knife-edge for cutting the tips of cigars, means upon the said match-receptacle for engaging one end of the lever, and a support provided with an opening for the insertion of the tip of a cigar, and to which support the lever is pivoted, whereby the said receptacle is adapted to be raised for depositing a match upon the de liverer without igniting the match or causing it to be ejected forcibly from the receptacle, substantially as described.

I11 a match-box, the combination of a suitable base provided with a vertical stationary deliverer having a groove extending along its upper edge, a vertically-movable match-receptacle proper formed with a clownwardly-extending hollow shank which in operation surrounds and moves on the deliverer and is provided at its upper end with a con1- partment for matches, the deliverer dividing the match-receptacle, when the latter is in its lowered position, into two compartments, the match-receptacle consisting of two side portions provided with means for pinning them together at their edges, so as to movably inelosethe deliverer, a stud on the outside of the partment for matches, the deliverer dividing the match-receptacle, when the latter is in its lowered position, into two compartments, the match-receptacle consisting of two side portions having projecting flanges and means for pinning the flanges together to unite the said side portions so as to movably inclose the deliverer, a stud on the outside of the hollow shank, and a pivoted lever for raising the match-receptacle and depositing a match in the groove in the deliverer, substantially as described.

5. In a combined match-box and cigar-tip clipper, the combination of a suitable base provided with a vertical, stationar 1 deliverer comprising a vertically-arranged wall having a groove or depression extending along the top of the same, a covered match-receptacle formed with a downwardly-extending hollow shank which in operation surrounds and moves on the deliverer and is provided atits upper end with a hopper for matches, the deliverer, when the match-receptacle is in its lowest position, extending above the upper edge of the hopper, a lever pivotally mounted exteriorly of the said receptacle and provided with a knife-edge for cutting the tips of cigars, a stud on the outside of the hollow shank for engaging one end of the lever, and a support on the base separate from the deliverer provided with an opening for the insertion of the tip of a cigar and to which support the lever is pivoted, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS O. HEGG.

Witnesses:

F. J. MOKENNEY, HENRY I'IENKEL. 

